Biographies

Mr. Jock Fyfe Lennox, CA, is Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board of Hill & Smith Holdings PLC, effective May 11, 2017. Jock is the Non-executive Chairman of Enquest plc and a Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman of both Barratt Developments plc and Dixons Carphone plc. He is also Chairman of the Trustees of the Tall Ships Youth Trust. Jock was formerly a partner of Ernst & Young where he began his career in 1977, becoming a partner in 1988.

Mr. Derek W. Muir, BSc, C Eng, MICE, is Group Chief Executive, Executive Director of Hill & Smith Holdings PLC. Derek joined the Company in 1988 and was appointed to the Board in 2006. He served as Group Managing Director of the core Infrastructure Products segment from 2001 and has been a Senior Manager within the Hill & Smith group for 29 years, having first been Managing Director of Hill & Smith Limited, one of the Group’s principal subsidiaries.

Mr. Mark Pegler, BCom, FCA is Group Finance Director and Managing Director - UK Utilities Group of Hill & Smith Holdings PLC. Mark joined the Company as Finance Director designate on 7 January 2008 and was appointed to the Board on 11 March 2008. He has extensive experience on an international level having been Group Finance Director of Whittan Group Limited, a private equity backed business, between 2002 and 2007. After qualifying with Price Waterhouse, he spent several years in various corporate and operational roles in international manufacturing businesses. From 1 July 2016, he assumed full operational and managerial responsibility for businesses within the UK Utilities division.

Mr. Alan C.B. Giddins is Senior Non-Executive Independent Director of the company. Alan is a Managing Partner and co-head of Private Equity at 3i Group plc (‘3i’), and a member of its Executive Committee. He has extensive experience of sitting on the boards of international businesses, and is currently a Non-executive Director of two companies in which 3i has invested, JMJ Associates, a leading transformational consultancy focused on safety and Audley Travel, a market leader in tailor-made experiential travel. Prior to joining 3i in 2005, he spent 13 years in investment banking advising a broad range of quoted companies. He qualified as a chartered accountant at KPMG in 1990 and has a degree in economics.

Ms. Annette M. Kelleher is Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. Annette has broad senior management experience in the international industrials sector and is currently Group Human Resources Director of Johnson Matthey PLC, as well as a Trustee of the Johnson Matthey Pension Scheme. Prior to joining Johnson Matthey PLC, she held a number of senior human resource roles in Pilkington and NSG Group. From 2006 to 2009, Annette was an independent director of Tribunal Services, part of the UK’s Ministry of Justice.

Mr. Mark Reckitt is Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. Mark is a chartered accountant and was Group Strategy Director of Smiths Group plc from February 2011 to April 2014, and Divisional President, Smiths Interconnect from October 2012 to April 2014. Prior to joining Smiths, Mark was interim Managing Director of Green & Black’s Chocolate and before that he held a number of finance and strategy roles at Cadbury plc before being appointed its Chief Strategy Officer from 2004 to 2010. He is a Nonexecutive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at both Mitie Group PLC and Cranswick plc, and he is also a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees at Cranswick plc.

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